Patents by Inventor Timm Papenhagen

Timm Papenhagen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Balance shaft for a multicylinder in-line engine
    Patent number: 7444976
    Abstract: In a balance shaft for a multi-cylinder in-line engine with at least two imbalance weight sections and at least one bearing structure wherein the balance shaft has imbalance weight sections being arranged symmetrically relative to the bearing position and at least one of the imbalance weight sections is connected to a further shaft section at an end facing away from the bearing position, a flexible coupling element that enables a deflection of the end of the connected imbalance weight section in the direction of the resulting centrifugal forces when the balance shaft rotates is provided between the end of the at least one imbalance weight section facing away from the bearing position and the further shaft section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Werner Hofheinz, Bernhard Jutz, Timm Papenhagen, Thomas Stolk, Karsten Unger
  • Balance shaft for a multicylinder in-line engine
    Publication number: 20070062329
    Abstract: In a balance shaft for a multi-cylinder in-line engine with at least two imbalance weight sections and at least one bearing structure wherein the balance shaft has imbalance weight sections being arranged symmetrically relative to the bearing position and at least one of the imbalance weight sections is connected to a further shaft section at an end facing away from the bearing position, a flexible coupling element that enables a deflection of the end of the connected imbalance weight section in the direction of the resulting centrifugal forces when the balance shaft rotates is provided between the end of the at least one imbalance weight section facing away from the bearing position and the further shaft section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Werner Hofheinz, Bernhard Jutz, Timm Papenhagen, Thomas Stolk, Karsten Unger